U.S. Senate Photographic Studio - Joy Holder
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John Hoeven
U.S. Senator — North Dakota
Voted to certify the 2020 presidential election on January 6-7, 2021. Voted to acquit at the second impeachment trial on the article charging incitement of insurrection, and on May 28, 2021 voted against the motion that would have established an independent commission to investigate the attack. The motion drew 54 votes to 35, short of the 60 it needed; no independent commission was ever created.
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May 28, 2021
Voted to block the independent commission on the attack
Voted against cloture on the bill to establish a National Commission on the January 6 Attack. The motion drew 54 votes to 35, short of the 60 it needed, and the independent commission was never created.
Source: U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 218, 117th Cong., 1st Sess.
Feb 13, 2021
Voted to acquit at the second impeachment trial
Voted not guilty on the article charging incitement of insurrection. The vote was 57 to 43, ten short of the two thirds required to convict.
Source: U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 59, 117th Cong., 1st Sess.